26 November 2010

DONATE OR REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE LAND CLAIMS

The Association has finally opened up a bank account. Anyone who is interested in making a donation and or a contribution, of whatever nature, size or quantity, is much welcome to make a deposit into the following bank account:

Bank Name                         : ABSA
Account Name                  : Bafokeng Land Buyers Association Club
Product/Account Type      : Absa Club Account
Account Number             : 9253919619
Domicile Branch                : Rusten Plaza
Domicile Branch Code    : 6590
Bank Clearing Code         : 632005

The Association wishes to encourage members of the land claiming communities to register their commitment and support to their land claims with their respective Coordinators who will give them registration slips. Registration fee is R100.00.
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23 November 2010

Leruo Molotlegi and Lucas Mangope, strange partners?!

Batho bame’ Lucas Mangope, the former Bophuthatswana bantustan leader, employed the security services of the Potchefstroom/Ventersdorp based rightwing organisation, AWB, during the homeland’s 1994 coup d’ etat .
In the late 80’s the Bafokeng fought bitterly against ‘Leah emelela ba go bone go re o  montle jang’ Mangope who sought to expropriate their mineral wealth. ‘Bophuthatswana will be independent for the next 100yrs’ Mangope harassed and incarcerated the ‘royal’ family, and had the Bafokeng chief Lebone Molotlegi fleeing to Botswana for his safety.
It is the same Lucas ‘thosa ko thoseng’ Mangope who was recently (October 2010) honoured by the North West University Council for his ‘contribution to the development of academia’. The Council is under the leadership of the late chief Lebone Molotlegi’s successor, Leruo Molotlegi, who is the University’s Chancellor.
Susan and Zietsman are rumoured to have been employing the brutal ex- Bophuthatswana soldiers and policemen in their Bafokeng security company.
When senior members and leadership of the Bafokeng communities’ wants to consult with the chief, they first have to pass through Zietsman. Zietsman could therefore, through security checks, deny or allow important information intended for the chief. When denied, the chief never gets to know about it. In this way the chief is blindfolded and Zietsman a de-facto chief. 
The question that begs is whether the chief is aware of the puzzle and therefore aspirant of ‘ke motoroko, ke monate ka fa teng, mme o seka wa ntlampurela’ Magope. The signs are that the chief, conscious or not, is creating another bantustan.

08 November 2010

Balanced media reporting on the land claim case against the Bafokeng

The Mafikeng High Court contest over who really bought the 'Bafokeng tribal land' continue to receive balanced media coverage. The Bafokeng Land Buyers Association has noticed with dismay the propagandist, one hour documentary by the Royal Bafokeng Nation that was aired on SABC in late September 2010. In light of the pending High Court case, the SABC should have at least checked the authenticity of the claims made in the documentary before going on air with them. See the Sunday Independent report on the following link: 'A historian who has extensively studied the Bafokeng area says there is substantial evidence to support the claim that smaller groups bought the land which was registered under the Bafokeng tribe during British Colonial rule'. You have to be a subscriber to the newspaper to access the article. Otherwise one could simply buy the paper from a nearby shop.